GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated18
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data41.16
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA104AD103
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores40969728
Core clock speed495 MHz1335 MHz
Boost clock speed1170 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate149.8515.3
Floating-point processing power9.585 TFLOPS32.98 TFLOPS
ROPs64112
TMUs128304
Tensor Cores128304
Ray Tracing Cores3276

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s576.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2021 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 120 Watt

RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB has 71.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB and GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile
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